Post by Origanalist on Nov 9, 2018 5:59:53 GMT -8
KCMO Health Dept. defends pouring bleach on food intended for homeless
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Health Department is speaking out after it poured bleach on food intended to be given to the homeless.
Nellie McCool, who helps run "Free Hot Soup Kansas City", has been helping the homeless for years until Sunday.
"Officers and health inspectors demanded we destroy our food and we were violating health code violations by sharing meals with our friends," said McCool.
The department said the group wasn't following the law about serving the homeless.
"They were notified back in a meeting in September that they needed to get a permit and they just outright said they refused to do that," said Dr. Rex Archer, Director Of Health for KCMO.
But McCool said she never heard from the department.
"That is incorrect," McCool said. "We never had any kind of government official ever come and speak with anybody at any of the public parks."
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Health Department is speaking out after it poured bleach on food intended to be given to the homeless.
Nellie McCool, who helps run "Free Hot Soup Kansas City", has been helping the homeless for years until Sunday.
"Officers and health inspectors demanded we destroy our food and we were violating health code violations by sharing meals with our friends," said McCool.
The department said the group wasn't following the law about serving the homeless.
"They were notified back in a meeting in September that they needed to get a permit and they just outright said they refused to do that," said Dr. Rex Archer, Director Of Health for KCMO.
But McCool said she never heard from the department.
"That is incorrect," McCool said. "We never had any kind of government official ever come and speak with anybody at any of the public parks."
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